Bug#757517: firmware-realtek: install working, after several reboots, system hangs: 'failed to load rtl_nic/rtl8168f-1.fw' manually copying into /lib fixes problem
Package: firmware-realtek
Version: 0.43
Severity: important
Tags: d-i
Dear Maintainer,
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* What led up to the situation? Fresh install from ISO Binary-1 20140728-06:15 worked fine did not prompt me (as in Wheezy) to insert non-free firmware USB stick. The two realtek NIC's working fine for several days. Did some manual configuration of 'interfaces' and 'resolv.conf' but didn't touch anything in /lib. Upon reboot system hung with error 'failed to load rtl_nic/rtl8168f-2.fw'
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)? Boot into recovery, manually copy the .fw files into /lib/firmware
* What was the outcome of this action?
Manually copying the firmware makes the system work again.
* What outcome did you expect instead?
I don't expect to need to manually copy the firmware file in after the system is already running and connecting to network.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers testing-updates
APT policy: (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.14-1-amd64 (SMP w/6 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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